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graphics, and may take a minute or two to load)Windows 98 comes with some fantastic new utilities that will make your
computing life easier and more enjoyable. Some of those utilities are:

The new Microsoft System Information utility
keeps track of all your hardware, software, file versions, and computer resources. Very
good for troubleshooting. To get to the System Information utility, click Start, Programs,
Accessories, System Tools. [Back to top]

Scan for corrupted files, update the scan
list, extract a file from your CD ROM .cab files. This utility is a big time saver. It
will atuomatically search for any and all system (Windows only) files and tell you if it
finds corruption. You can then replace the file with the original from your .cab files
either on your CD ROM or hard disk.

The Extract utility allows you to extract a
file without knowing what .cab file it's in. All you need to know is where your .cab files
are.

The System File Checker is accessed by
clicking Tools at the top of the System Information utility. [Back to top]

Fantastic for troubleshooting, this utility
allows you to delve into Windows files to check and uncheck individual lines in the
config.sys, autoexec.bat, system.ini and win.ini. You can also do system file backup and
restores from here.

System Configuration can be found under the
Tools option in the System Information utility. [Back to top]

The Windows Update site will search your
computer for installed components and tell you if there are updates available. Included
are patches for Windows 98, device driver updates (like video card updates) and updates to
Internet Explorer, or any other installed Windows component. [Back
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Maintenance Wizard is the updated version of
the Task Scheduler. Scandisk and Defrag have both been updated, and the option to search
for, and remove, unwanted files has been added. The system can search for temporary files,
old Internet files, and even files used during the installation process and remove them to
free up disk space. [Back to top]